The Complete Idiot's Guide to Street Magic Paperback – October 2, 2007

To be fair, I bought this with two other similar books and I haven't really gotten into it fully. I bought it like 2 years ago, which probably shows both that it didn't captivate me and that I'm not that into magic anymore. There are definitely some good tricks in there. In fact, I adapted one of the tricks in this book just a bit, and it has probably become my most popular/biggest response trick. I'm not sorry I bought it, but I don't throw around 5 star ratings either.

I've had this book for two days, but I've already learned some astonishing effects that would give many magicians a run for there money! Some of the tricks I know already, but even these were presented in a fresh and edgy way. If you are even slightly interested in magic or are a fan of David Blaine or Criss Angel, buy this book! You will be glad you did! Have you ever wondered how Criss Angel or David Blaine "levitate" to the astonishment of viewers? Have you ever wanted to try magic but never worked up the nerve? This fun and informative book will give you the right persona, the confidence you need, and some great tricks to get you started!

The tricks presented are mostly pretty simple (don't let that fool you into thinking it is only for kids), with easy to follow directions but are quite impressive. The book gives you not only a good number of tricks, ranging from the standard card tricks, to the more out there tricks (the exploding eyeball is awesome). That said, what I love about it are the little details and history about the tricks or about magic itself.

Well, I was pretty excited when I got this book, I was not expecting absolutely amazing tricks to be revealed in this book, but, I didn't expect tricks that i knew about when I was 13 years old. one trick it the famous disappearing object trick where you place a napkin over and object, drop that object into your lap and then "smash" the object under the napkin. most of the tricks in this book are like this, so while I am disappointed to a certain extent I would suspect that this product would be better for younger people.

This is a very good book for the beginning magician. It has some very basic tricks as well as some that are more sophisticated. I love close-up magic rather than the stage type because you are right there. This challenges the magician to be the best he/she can be at the craft. If you like David Blaine and his type of magic this book is for you.

I thought this book was really interesting, however, I would of liked to of seen more illustrations and more vivid illustrations because it was difficult for me to really grasp a lot of tricks. Nevertheless, I like the book and am pretty happy with it.

I encourage anyone thinking about getting into street magic to buy this book!Pros: Great writing, great tricks, great instruction, and great additional resources in the back of the bookCons: I honestly can't find anything wrong with this book.This book is for a beginner or novice but you should know that from the title.I HIGHLY SUGGEST BUYING THIS BOOK. GREAT TRICKS AND GREAT INSTRUCTION

This was the hit stocking-stuffer for my 10 year old. Three months later and he is still working these tricks. Easy (but not too easy) to read and digest the book is filled with surprisingly clever tricks. If you're kiddo is even remotely interested in slight of hand get it now. You'll not be disappointed.

It wasn’t very informative, also waited an absolute age for delivery

Fast delivery, great simple to use book for beginners, would recommend if you are looking for easy to intermediate tricks to start you off on a good footing *****

As an Entertainer, I found this book is ideal if you want to learn some great easy and some harder trick to have on you when out and about, if you want to learn before spending a fortune on tricks, start here.....you never know, you could be the next........